So it's not tonsillitis, meaning for the first time, I have misdiagnosed my own illness. I'm usually quite good at that.

I've discussed how Hong Kong is more western than the west, with its commercialist obsessions. Apparently, that goes for overmedication too. The school doctor prescribed me: (1) 5 days' worth of antibiotics; (2) a week's worth of real Sudafed; (3) a week's worth of prescription expectorant; and (4) a week's worth of prescription pain-and-fever medication. I could open up a black market in prescription meds.

Although in a decidedly un-American twist, I received all of this medication for free, without so much as presenting an insurance card. Guess that kills the black market.

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Name: Ken BasinLocation: Los Angeles, CAAbout Me: Ken is a freshly-minted lawyer who is still in the glorious honeymoon phase of law firm associatehood. He has returned to his long-ignored blog to prove to himself that he is still capable of writing something, anything, other than a legal brief, memo, or contract.